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English – Fixed Prepositions – Set 21
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- The test contains 20 questions.
- Each question has 4 options, of which only one is correct.
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This free practice set from AndamanJobs has 20 questions to be solved in 10 minutes. Every question is listed below with four options. Open Show answer and explanation under a question to see the correct option and why it is correct. Try the timed test above first, then use this list to revise the questions you got wrong.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Nepal lies _____ India and China.- A. among
- B. below
- C. between
- D. beyond
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. between
Correct sentence: Nepal lies between India and China.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
I shall stand by you _____ thick and thin.- A. about
- B. through
- C. into
- D. in
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. through
Correct sentence: I shall stand by you through thick and thin.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Mohini resembles _____ her mother.- A. to
- B. no preposition
- C. with
- D. after
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. no preposition
Correct sentence: Mohini resembles no preposition her mother.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
The minister has promised to look _____ the matter.- A. into
- B. about
- C. at
- D. for
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. into
Correct sentence: The minister has promised to look into the matter.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Employees who have twentyfive years service become entitled _____ a pension.- A. towards,
- B. on
- C. of
- D. to
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Answer: D. to
Correct sentence: Employees who have twentyfive years service become entitled to a pension.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Poor old Mr. Singh, he has suffered _____ rheumatism for twenty years.- A. with
- B. no preposition
- C. from
- D. of
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Answer: C. from
Correct sentence: Poor old Mr. Singh, he has suffered from rheumatism for twenty years.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
The frustrated lover jumped _____ the river.- A. at
- B. within
- C. into
- D. in
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Answer: C. into
Correct sentence: The frustrated lover jumped into the river.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
You are advised to learn this lesson word _____ word.- A. in
- B. for
- C. to
- D. by
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Answer: B. for
Correct sentence: You are advised to learn this lesson word for word.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Nearly sixty years have gone by _____ Gandhiji passed away.- A. till
- B. since
- C. off
- D. until
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Answer: B. since
Correct sentence: Nearly sixty years have gone by since Gandhiji passed away.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Let us discuss _____ The Female Education in India.- A. on
- B. about
- C. no preposition
- D. of
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Answer: C. no preposition
Correct sentence: Let us discuss no preposition The Female Education in India.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
I can write a book _____ grammar.- A. about
- B. of
- C. on
- D. in
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Answer: C. on
Correct sentence: I can write a book on grammar.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Each boy and each girl was presented _____ sweets.- A. away
- B. no preposition
- C. to
- D. with
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Answer: D. with
Correct sentence: Each boy and each girl was presented with sweets.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
There are certain rare qualities which raise a man _____ the common breed of men.- A. above
- B. on
- C. upon
- D. over
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Answer: A. above
Correct sentence: There are certain rare qualities which raise a man above the common breed of men.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
The amazing thing about Gandhiji was that he adhered _____ his ideals and to his conception of truth.- A. to
- B. for
- C. against
- D. on
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Answer: A. to
Correct sentence: The amazing thing about Gandhiji was that he adhered to his ideals and to his conception of truth.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize _____ literature.- A. for
- B. of
- C. into
- D. about
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Answer: A. for
Correct sentence: Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
A house-owner can throw you _____ the street any moment.- A. onto
- B. to
- C. towards
- D. on
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Answer: D. on
Correct sentence: A house-owner can throw you on the street any moment.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
A miser cannot part _____ his gold.- A. with
- B. of
- C. from
- D. to
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Answer: A. with
Correct sentence: A miser cannot part with his gold.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
An educated man should know what is first rate in those activities which spring _____ the creative and intellectual faculties of human nature.- A. from
- B. on
- C. to
- D. out of
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Answer: A. from
Correct sentence: An educated man should know what is first rate in those activities which spring from the creative and intellectual faculties of human nature.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
An epidemic of influenza broke out last winter, and did not die _____ for many months.- A. of
- B. down
- C. no preposition
- D. out
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Answer: B. down
Correct sentence: An epidemic of influenza broke out last winter, and did not die down for many months.
- Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
Cigarette smoking is injurious _____ health.- A. to
- B. for
- C. at
- D. on
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Answer: A. to
Correct sentence: Cigarette smoking is injurious to health.